Thanks to generous contributions of several of our members, the Friends of Julian Abele Park invite you to a “Re-Planting Julian Abele Park” event, Saturday March 25, 2017.

We will be restoring the East Bed towards Montrose Street to its original design and shrubs (currently it has no plantings)….AND we will be adding two new trees along the eastern perimeter. All of this will require some heavy digging and mulching. If you can give us some time between 9 AM and 1 PM that day, we would be very grateful.

Here’s some stats on our new trees:

Come join us on Tuesday March 7th at 7PM at the SOSNA Office to celebrate the [early] arrival of Spring…..we’ll have lots to talk about, from fundraising (for specific capital items) to Summer 2017 programming, and planting…..

Here are dates to keep in mind for our “Music & Mist” series:

2017 and the Friends of Julian Abele Park come out of winter hibernation. Folks, we are having the opening meeting of the year this Tuesday February 7 at 7 PM at the SOSNA Office (1901 Christian Street).

We’d love to have you join us as we plan for the Summer season events as well as maintenance updates. We’ll be sharing a few things that are new at the park as well as the Parks and Recreation calendar for 2017.

Hope to see you there!

Thank you for volunteering and helping us to love all your neighborhood park, part of Philadelphia’s Parks and Recreation.

Join the Friends of Julian Abele Park on Saturday, November 12th for Love Your Park Fall Service Day! The workday begins at 10:00am and will include general trash & litter clean-up, leaf raking & collection, weeding & gardening, bulb & tree planting. We put the park “to sleep” now and wake it up in the Spring (sample flowers pictured).

Some work gloves will be provided, however if you have your own feel free to bring those. If you have trowels, bring them.

Please be sure to dress in layers, bring a bottle of water, and wear closed-toed sturdy shoes.

We hope to have some treats & coffee, too.

Thank you for supporting your neighborhood and community.

Our next scheduled meeting is Tuesday November 1st, 7 PM at the SOSNA Office 1901 Christian Street. We’ll be discussing plantings, programming and “Love Your Park”….

“Love Your Park” will be from 10 AM to Noon on Saturday November 12th- come and join your friends and neighbors as we ready Julian Abele Park for the winter months. We’ll be planting crocus and/or tulips for Spring 2017……

Friends of Philadelphia Parks Bus Tour 2016

Every year the Stewardship Unit hosts a bus tour of our parks, hosted by Friends’ groups. South Philadelphia was featured this year….

Jamz@Julian 2016 went out with a great concert on Wednesday the 24th, with a large audience gathered to hear Gretchen Elise and Maurice Authentic Hayman- as well as to hear some of our very youngest neighbors honing their musical abilities with Gretchen’s “Great Basket o’ Instruments”….

We had a blast all summer long (and even had a couple DNC delegates from California drop by in July)….

Very special thanks to Brandon Krakowsky for organizing Jamz this year. This would not have been possible without him.